Performing Arts
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Best bets: Ravinia hosts Peter Yarrow & Noel Paul StookeyJun 16, 2019 7:29 am - Folk greats Peter Yarrow and Noel Paul Stookey (of Peter, Paul and Mary) perform classic folk music on a more intimate scale tonight at the Ravinia Festival's Martin The...
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Weekend picks: Catch creatures both cute and creepy at All Animal ExpoJun 16, 2019 7:23 am - Creatures great & small See exotic reptiles or coo at house pets like dogs and cats at the All Animal Expo at the DuPage County Fairgrounds, 2015 Manchester Road, W...
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Weekend picks: Coco Montoya plays Blues on the Fox; Scottish Fest; PIQNIQ music festJun 15, 2019 7:41 am - Aurora blues The 23rd annual Blues on the Fox music festival features Jamiah Rogers, Ronnie Baker Brooks, Coco Montoya and Robert Randolph and the Family Band on Sa...
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Theater events: Otherworld presents 'Bring the Beat Back'; Christopher Titus tells talesJun 14, 2019 9:00 am - Comedian Christopher Titus (whose latest special “Amerigeddon” is available online) brings his show “Stories I Shouldn't Tell” to the Raue Center for the Arts, 26 N. Wi...
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Ravinia's 'Bernstein 101' continues the great American composer's legacyJun 14, 2019 6:00 am - Centennial celebrations tied to the birth of late composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein officially ended last year. But the Ravinia Festival in Highland Park is keepi...
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Former Wheaton resident part of Kokandy's Chicago premiere of 'Head Over Heels'
Jun 14, 2019 6:00 am - The July 5 preview of Kokandy Productions' "Head Over Heels" will be a bit of a mini reunion for Wheaton-Warrenville's Class of '78 speech team. At least 25 alums will h...
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Barrington's White House presents summer season of cultural arts eventsJun 13, 2019 11:00 pm - Barrington's White House presents summer season of cultural arts events
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5 unforgettable, last-minute Father's Day ideas in Chicago and the suburbsJun 13, 2019 10:00 am - You've got a card, and, we hope, made plans for dinner. But if you want to do a little more for Father's Day, there are plenty of places to go in the suburbs and city to...
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Best bets: Scottish Fest returns to Itasca, Blues on the Fox plays RiverEdgeJun 12, 2019 6:00 am - Time for Tartan Celebrate all things tied to Scotland when athletes, musicians and dancers compete in the 33rd Annual Scottish Festival and Highland Games this weekend a...
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'Seize the Day' with Overshadowed Theatrical Productions' 'Newsies the Musical' July 12-Aug. 3Jun 11, 2019 11:00 pm - Overshadowed Theatrical Productions will present "Newsies the Musical" at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, July 12 to Aug. 3, in the auditorium of Jubilee Bible Chur...